Updated: Oct-07-2020

General Information

Type of service provider
Testing laboratory
Physical postal address

Bogota, ,
Colombia

Phone number
+57 1 7452053
E-mail
info [at] nulab.com.co
Has the laboratory been accredited in any scopes?
Yes
Scopes of Accreditation
-Determination of Moisture in Meat Products, multi-component meat-based foods, flours, bakery products, grains and animal feeds
-Determination of Ash in Meat Products, multi-component meat-based foods, flours, bakery products, grains and animal consumption foods.
-Determination of Raw Protein in Meat Products, multi-component meat-based foods, flours, bakery products, grains and animal feeds.
-Determination of Raw Fat in Meat Products, multi-component meat-based foods, flours and bakery products.
-Determination of Raw Fat or Ethereal Extract in Animal Feed.
-Determination of Fat Acid Hydrolysis in animal feeds.
-Determination of Total Hardness and Calcium in treated water for human consumption.
-Determination of pH in packaged water.
-Aerobic mesophilic count in foods for human consumption (chocolates, bakery and bakery products, cereals, fruits, nuts, seeds and dry vegetables, dairy products, meat, fruit and vegetable products, compound foods).
-Aerobic mesophilic count in food for animal consumption
-Count of aerobic mesophiles in cosmetics.
-Total coliform count in food for human consumption (chocolates, bakery and bakery products, cereals, fruits, nuts, seeds and dry vegetables, poultry, meat, products based on fruits and vegetables, compound food).
-Total coliform count in food for animal consumption
- Most likely number of total Coliforms in food for human consumption (chocolates, bakery and bakery products, cereals, fruits, nuts, seeds and dried vegetables, poultry, meat, dairy products, fruit and vegetable products, compound food).
- Most likely to be fecal coliforms in food for human consumption (chocolates, bakery and bakery products, cereals, fruits, nuts, dried seeds and vegetables, poultry, meat, dairy products, fruit and vegetable products, compound foods).
- Total coliforms per TEMPO equipment in food for human consumption (chocolates, bakery and cake products, dairy products, meat products, fruit and vegetable products, compound food).
-Positive coagulase Staphylococcus count in foods for human consumption (chocolates, bakery and bakery products, cereals, fruits, nuts, seeds and dry vegetables, poultry, meat, dairy products, fish and seafood, fruit and vegetable based products, compound foods).
-Determination of Staphylococcus aureus in Cosmetics
-Recount of Escherichia coli by TEMPO team in food for human consumption (cereals, fruits, nuts, seeds and dry vegetables, meat, fish and seafood, fruit and vegetable products and compound food).
-Recount of Escherichia coli by TEMPO equipment in food for animal consumption
-Determination of Escherichia coli in Cosmetics.
-Count of molds and yeasts in food for human consumption with Aw lower or equal to 0.95 (chocolates, bakery and bakery products, cereals, fruits, nuts, dry seeds and vegetables, dairy products and compound foods).
-Mold and yeast count in food for human consumption with Aw above 0.95 (chocolates, bakery and cake products, fruit and vegetable products, dairy products and compound food)
-Mold and yeast count in food for animal consumption with Aw less than or equal to 0.95
-Mold and yeast count in cosmetics
-Determination of Salmonella spp. in food for human consumption (chocolates, bakery and bakery products, poultry, meat, dairy products, fish and seafood, fruit and vegetable based products and compound foods)
-Determination of Salmonella spp. in foods for animal consumption.
-Determination of Listeria monocytogenes in poultry, meat, dairy products and compound foods.
-Recount of Clostridium sulfite reducer in foods of animal consumption.
-Determination of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Cosmetics.
-Total coliform count in treated water and pool water
-Recount of Escherichia coli in treated water and pool water
Accreditation body
ONAC-Colombia's National Accreditation Agency Certificate 16-LAB-002
Does the laboratory have other sites?
No

Personnel

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) / Head of Organization

CEO Name
Nury del Carmen Alvarez Lara
CEO Phone
CEO E-mail
nalvarez [at] nulab.com.co

Total laboratory personnel

Total laboratory personnel
44
Male laboratory personnel
10
Female laboratory personnel
34

Technical personnel

Technical personnel total
14
Male technical personnel
3
Female technical personnel
11

Technical Information

Testing

Laboratory services offered
Biological
Chemical
Water / food
Other
Other testing laboratory services
Microbiological
Scope of services offered
Test object or product tested or matrices
Hand Smears
Test parameter/ properties measured
Total coliforms, E.coli, Staphylococcus, Aureus coagulase positive
Type of test/ instrumentation used
Swabbing Method, Plate counting
Methods
-BAM, Chapter 4 1-G:2002
-NTC 4458:2018
-ISO 6888-1:1999
Accreditation status
No
Test object or product tested or matrices
Smears of surfaces
Test parameter/ properties measured
Total coliforms, E.coli, Molds and yeasts, Staphylococcus, Aureus coagulase positive, Pseudomona Aeruginosa
Salmonella spp., Listeria monocytogenes
Type of test/ instrumentation used
Swabbing Method, Plate counting, Absence/ Presence
Methods
ISO 18593:2018; AOAC Ed. 20 de 2016. Method 2004.02:2008
Accreditation status
No
Test object or product tested or matrices
Environments
Test parameter/ properties measured
Aerobic mesophiles, Molds and yeasts
Type of test/ instrumentation used
Plate sedimentation
Methods
AOAC Ed. 20 de 2016: Method 966.23-C: 2005; NTC 4132:1997
Accreditation status
No
Test object or product tested or matrices
Compressed air
Test parameter/ properties measured
Aerobic mesophiles, Molds and yeasts
Type of test/ instrumentation used
Bubbling Method or Impinger
Accreditation status
No
Test object or product tested or matrices
Food for human and animal consumption
Test parameter/ properties measured
Bacillus cereus
Type of test/ instrumentation used
Plate Count; Fluorescence by TEMPO® automated system
Methods
ICMSF ; ISO 7932:2004
Accreditation status
No
Test object or product tested or matrices
Food for human and animal consumption
Test parameter/ properties measured
Bacterias ácidolacticas (Lactobacillus)
Type of test/ instrumentation used
Plate Count
Methods
APHA 2001
Accreditation status
No
Test object or product tested or matrices
Food for human and animal consumption
Test parameter/ properties measured
Commercial Sterility + Analysis Bacillus sporothermodurans
Type of test/ instrumentation used
Incubation and seeding
Methods
NTC 4433: 2015
Accreditation status
No
Test object or product tested or matrices
Food for human and animal consumption
Test parameter/ properties measured
Clostridium sulfite reducer
Type of test/ instrumentation used
Plate Count
Methods
NTC 4834:2000
Accreditation status
No
Test object or product tested or matrices
Food for human and animal consumption
Test parameter/ properties measured
Clostridium perfringens
Type of test/ instrumentation used
Plate counting
Methods
NTC 4834:2000
Accreditation status
No
Test object or product tested or matrices
Food for human consumption
Test parameter/ properties measured
Fecal Coliforms
Type of test/ instrumentation used
Most likely number
Methods
ICMSF MÉTODO 2*
Accreditation status
Yes
Test object or product tested or matrices
Food for human and animal consumption
Test parameter/ properties measured
Total Coliforms
Type of test/ instrumentation used
Most likely number
Fluorescence by Automated System
Methods
ICMSF method 3*
AOAC Ed. 20 of 2016. Method 966.24:2005*
Accreditation status
Yes
Test object or product tested or matrices
Food for human and animal consumption
Test parameter/ properties measured
Total Coliforms
Type of test/ instrumentation used
Plate count
Methods
BAM, Chapter 4 1-G:2002
Accreditation status
Yes
Does the laboratory conduct sampling, upon request of the client, of products to be tested?
Yes

Proficiency Testing

Does the lab participate in proficiency testing for accredited scopes
Yes
Does the lab participate in proficiency testing for non-accredited scopes
Yes
PT Scheme details
-We participate in international Proficiency Testing (LGC Supplier and FAPAS Country United Kingdom) for the parameters of Physicochemistry in food and animal consumption and in treated water.
-We participate in national Proficiency Testing (Provider PICCAP Instituto Nacional de Salud - Colombia) for the parameters of Physicochemistry in treated water.
-We participate in international Proficiency Testing (Provider LGC Country United Kingdom) for the parameters of Microbiology in food for human and animal consumption, treated water and cosmetics.
Does the laboratory sub-contract testing work to other laboratories?
Yes
Outsourced services
- Physicochemical analysis in food and water that are performed by Chromatography, Atomic Absorption.
- Microbiological analysis in foods of some special pathogens or identification of bacteria by means of molecular biology.
Documented policies, procedures and records for the qualification, assessing and monitoring of all outsourced services providers
Yes
Please specify in which type of document all these aspects are covered
- PA-006 Internal Subcontracting Procedure
- PA-001 Purchasing Procedure
- FMF-008 Evaluation to external laboratories
- FA-007 Supplier Performance Rating

Quality Control / Quality Management

Does the lab operate an internal quality control (QC) system to ensure quality of test results?
Yes
Does the lab operate a management system (or Quality Management System) for assuring the quality of results?
Yes
Is the system documented in a Quality Manual?
Yes